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cve[email protected]CVE-2015-8623
HistoryMar 23, 2017 - 8:59 p.m.

CVE-2015-8623

2017-03-2320:59:00
CWE-352
web.nvd.nist.gov
25
cve-2015-8623
user::matchedittoken
mediawiki
csrf protection
timing attack
nvd

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

66.4%

The User::matchEditToken function in includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.23.12 and 1.24.x before 1.24.5 does not perform token comparison in constant time before returning, which allows remote attackers to guess the edit token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8624.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
mediawikimediawikiRange1.23.11
OR
mediawikimediawikiMatch1.24.0
OR
mediawikimediawikiMatch1.24.1
OR
mediawikimediawikiMatch1.24.2
OR
mediawikimediawikiMatch1.24.3
OR
mediawikimediawikiMatch1.24.4

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

66.4%